Everything to Everybody: Birmingham's Shakespeare Memorial Library

‘The time has come to give everything to everybody’

George Dawson, founder of the Birmingham, Shakespeare Memorial Library

To mark the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, Dawson and a group of his closest friends decided that Birmingham should be home to the greatest collection of Shakespeare books in the world. They insisted that a special room should be built for these books, the most beautiful room in Birmingham, and most importantly, it should be freely open to everyone.

Birmingham: The Workshop of the World

A celebration of the city’s history and achievements, revealing the wonderfully rich diversity of Birmingham’s people. Illuminating little-known aspects of the city’s history as well as rethinking traditional events and activities. Presenting up-to-date historical and archaeological research to a general readership: locally, nationally and internationally. Written by experienced and distinguished...